Combined plow and flanger.



E. R. PACKER.

COMBINED PLOW AND FLANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-30,1915.

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EBEN R. PACKER, OF WILIVIETTE, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED PLOW AND FLANGER.

Application filed September 30, 1915.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, Ennn R. PAGKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVilmette, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Flows and Flangers, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for clearing the snow from tracks of railways and, viewed in one of its aspects, has for its object to produce a simple and novel snow plow which may conveniently be attached to any ordinary flat car.

Dilliculty is often experienced in operating snow plows by reason of the fact that they do not clear the snow from the rails and therefore make it necessary for the wheels of the car or train to pass over a layer of snow lying upon the rails. Viewedin another of its aspects, my invention may be said to have for its object to produce a simple and novel a 'rangement by means of which the plow devices not only clear away the great bulk of the snow but will also clean the rails so as to permit the wheels of the car or train to wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of one end of a car and of a plow attached thereto, one half of the plow being cut away to show the underlying track flanger; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the plow and the car in a plane lying outside of the flanger; and Fig. 3 is a view of which onehalf is in front elevation while the other half is a section taken approximately on line 38 of Fig. 2.

The plow structure as a whole is made up of a structural steel frame preferably consisting of two central angle irons, 1, and two side angle irons, 2, of a sufficient length to extend at an acute angle from a point st ab h rail-e er t t e tar et a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1%16,

Serial No. 53,213.

car and for some distance above the latter; the central angle irons being straight from end to end and the two side angle irons being bent at their upper ends as indicated at 3 so as to bring their horizontal flanges upon and parallel with the car floor, at; together with a sheet metal plate, 5, lying upon and secured to the angle irons and extending from one end of the straight angle irons to the other. At the sides, in the same planes as the angle irons 2, are additional angle irons, 6, which form, in elfect, continuations of the lower inclined portions of the members 2 and continue to the top of the plate 5. At the sides are plates, 7, which extend from the front to the rear of the structure and from the bottom to the top thereof, these plates being fastened to the angle irons 2 and 6. Be neath the upper ends of the angle irons 1 are posts, 8 and 9, riveted at their upper ends to the vertical flanges of the members 1 and at their lower ends to the vertical flanges of short angle irons, 10, which rest on top of the car floor. Just beside the angle irons 1 are angle irons, 11, each of which has a central portion parallel with the corresponding angle iron 1 and lying in rear of the latter, a front section, 12, which extends hori zontally to the lower end of the corresponding main angle iron, and a rear section, 13, which extends vertically to the plate 5 and forms a stop or abutment to engage with the end sill of the car and transmit the thrusts from the plow to the car. The members 12 and 13 are riveted to the vertical flanges of the corresponding main beams or angle irons while the central section, 11, is connected at intervals to the latter by means of struts, 14:, arranged at right angles to the members 1 and 11.

From the side of the main beams or angle irons, 2, at such an elevation that they will underlie and engage with the under sides of the side sills, 15, of the car are horizontal angle irons, 16, these irons preferably extending rearwardly at least as far as the main body of the plow. The angle irons, 16, he inside of and have their vertical flanges riveted to the side plates 7.

In order to stiffen the lower edges of the plates 7, which are preferably inclined upwardly from a point just in advance of the plane of the vertical members 13 to about the horizontal plane of the members 16, I have provided small angle irons, 17, which extend tree th n e th s ow ng he bottom edge until the angle irons 16 are reached, the member 17 being riveted. to the plates.

Upon the body of the plow, heretofore described, is any usual or suitable member,

18, by which the snow traveling up the inclined nose of the plow is deflected toward my invention I arrange upon the plow in a space beneath the same, just in front of the car-receiving jaw, a suitable snow fianger for clearing the snow from the rails. In the arrangement illustrated, I have provided two depending vertical plates, 20, each of which is connected at its upper end to one of the truss-like center sills or beams. In the lower end of each of the plates 20 is a vertical slot, 21, through which extends a transverse bar, 22, carrying a suitable flanging device, 23. Between a stationary bar, 24, extendingbetween the plates 21 and the bar 22 are pneumatic motors of which one, 25, is illustrated; these motors receiving compressed air through a supply pipe, 26; thus permitting the flangers to be raised and lowered. The fianger device may be suspended from a chain, 27, extending down from the main frameof the plow to a point behind the apeX of the flanger device. I

have not gone into detail as to the flanger device because it may take any desired form, preferably that illustrated in my prior PatentNo. 1,057,084; dated March 25, 1913.

It will thus be seen that the snow which is left on the track after the passage of the plow is cleared away by the flangers so that the wheels of the vehicle to which the plow is secured obtain good traction.

While I have illustrated and described 'with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the terms employed in the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1'. A snow plow comprising a series of Copies of this patent may be obtained for parallel inclined metal beams, a plate or cover secured upon said beams, certain of the beams being bent so as to bring the rear ends thereof horizontal, and other beams secured to certain of the aforesaid beams and lying parallel with and in a plane below the said horizontal ends.

2. A snow plow comprising a series of parallel inclined metal beams, a plate or cover secured upon said beams, the two beams at the sides being bent so as to bring their rear ends horizontal, horizontal beams secured to the side beams at some distance below the said horizontal ends, and plates at the sides of the structure secured to the adjacent beams.

3. A snow plow comprising a series of parallel inclined metal beams, a plate or cover secured uponsaid beams, the two beams at the sides being bent so as to bring their rear ends horizontal, horizontal beams secured to the side beams at some distance below the said horizontal ends, plates at the sides of the structure secured to the adjacent beams, and vertical abutments on the under side of the intermediate inclined beams at about the point where the bend occurs in the sidebeams.

4. A snow plow comprising a series of inclined metal beams, a cover or plate secured upon said beams, the rear ends of the sidebeams being bent so as to lie horizontal, horizontal rearwardly-projecting beams secured to the side beams and lying at some distance beneath the horizontal ends of the latter to form therewith a pair of jaws, and stiffening irons secured to the under side of the intermediate inclined beams and having rear vertical portions forming the rear ends of said jaws.

5. In combination, a snow plow, depend ing plates on the under side of the plow in rear of the front end, and a snow flanger supported by said plates and extending transversely of the plow from a point near one side thereof to a point near the other side.

6. In combination, a snow plow, a. snow fianger lying beneath the plow and extending transversely thereof from a point near one side of the plow to a point near the other side thereof, and means for supporting said fianger on the plow so as to permit the flanger to be raised and lowered.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

EBEN R. PACKER.

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